Clothes-line support.



F. S. BUDAH. CLOTHES LINE suPPohT'. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25.1915.

rammed Oct. 19, 1915.

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F. S BUDAJI.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25.1915.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

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CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 19, 1915.

Application filed June a5, 1915. Serial No. 36,230.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Sz. BUDAJI,

a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at New York city, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports, of which the following is a SDeClllCltl-lOH.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothes line supports.

The primary object of the device is to provide an etlicient means for suspending clothes from a window for the purpose of airing and drying the same and whereby the line full of clothes may be easily withdrawn within the window whenever desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a laundry device in the nature of an adjustable clothes hanger capable of being substantially positioned interiorly of a building through an open window thereof and then extended out of doors when desired for use in suspending the washed clothes thereon, the arrangement being also capable of providing a plurality of supporting lines.

A still further object is to provide a clothes line construction so adjustably arranged as to allow its complete withdrawal inwardly of a window when not in use and so as to protect. the same against the weather although. being readily projected outwardly thereof for the ready reception of washed clothes for suspension during the drying operation.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood,.the same consists in the novel construction. combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure l is a side elevati on oi the device projected outwardly of a window of a building. F 2 is a similar view with the device closed and arranged within the window. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device as shown in Fig.

- 1. Fig. t is a. front elevation of the sta tionary bracket employed with the device. Fig. 5 is a perspective view thereof detached. Fig. (l is a perspective view of the forward portion oi the adjustable brace, and, Fig. '7 is a perspective view of a line attachn'ient employed with the device.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, it being understood that the invention relates to clothes lines and supports therefor, a window 10 of a building such as a laundry is illustrated having the stationary bracket 11 of the device permanently secured thereto while an upright post 12 is conveniently positioned adjacent the building and provided with a hook 13 and whereby the entire device is operatively supported between the said window and post.

A brace member 14 is arranged for the clothes line having a main bar 1.5 provided with a gabled top 16 and slid-ably positioned through the opening 17 in the central arm 18 of the said bracket 11, the said opening corresponding in shape to the said bar. verticallyarranged cross-piece 19 is car ied by the brace bar 15 and is provided with grooved rollers "20 and lower and upper ends respectively. The in- .ner end of the bar 15 is provided with a stop linger 22 for preventing the complete removal of the bar from the said bracket opening.

A. pulley rope 23 has one end thereof secured as at to the said cross-piece 19 and then runs over a grooved pulley 25 journaled in the top arm 26 of the stationary bracket 11 and thereafter passes over the said cross arm upper pulley 21 and is secured as at 27 to a pull cord 28, the said pulley rope extending over a pulley 29 carried by the post book 13 and having its other end provided with a pulley 30 suspended therefroml The pull cord 28 has its free end re1novably secured to an anchor block 31 carried by the window 1.0 above the bracket 11. A

clothes line formed of an endless rope is 21 journaled upon its passed over the lower brace pulley 20 and I over a similar pulley 33 carried by clothes line 32 assume its for engagement with a desired one of the bottom notches 36 of the said brace bar 15. When desired for use, the pull cord 28 is released from its anchor 31 and being pulled, I it draws the pulley outwardly to a point adjacent the post pulley 29 and hauling the with it and when so positioned, the brace 14 may be readily pro- ;jected outwardly of the window upon first eleasing the pin 35 so that the device will operative position as illustrated in Fig. 1. It will be understood however, that a retriever 37 is operatively attached to the end of the pulley rope 23 at its point of attachment to the cross-piece 19 so that any slack occurring in the pulley rope will be automatically taken up. With the line so extended and supported by the brace in the manner described, it'Will be seen that the endless clothes line 32 may be readily employed for supporting clothes positioned thereon outwardly of the window' 10, the line being readily adjusted for supplying and removing clothes in the usualmanner by pulling thereon from the window.

In Fig. 7 there is illustrated a manner of supporting a plurality of endless clothes lines 38 which arecarried by pulleys 39 jo urnaled at the ends of arms 40 laterally projecting from frames 41. The said frames are provided with supporting cords 42 having hooks 4.3 for attaching the entire device between the interrupted ends 44 of a clothes line which may take the position o;t' the aforementioned clothes line 32 in the device herein described.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that various forms, modifications and arrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in/the appended claims.

\Vhat I claim as new isz- 1. A clothes carrier comprising a bracket adapted to be mounted on a window frame having, a centrally,arranged arm provided with an opening, a bar slidably mounted through the-said opening, retaining means for the said bar, a cross-piece at the outer free'end of the said ban, {111)per and lower pulleys journaled at the ends of thesaid cross-piece, a post pulley adapted to be mounted on a post positioned outwardly of the window and bar,.an endless clothes line carried by the said bracket, lower pulley and post pulley, and an adjusting p'ull cord for the said clothes line.

2. A clothes carrier comprising a bracket adapted to be mounted on a window frame having a centrally arranged arm provided with an opening, a bar slidably mounted through the said opening, retaining means for the said bar, a cross-piece at the outer free end of the said bar, upper and lower pulleys journaled at the ends of the said cross-piece, a post pulley adapted to be carried by a post positioned outwardly of the window and bar, a retriever carried by the said cross-piece, upper and lower pulleys carried by the said bracket, a pulley rope secured at one end to the said retriever and passing over the saidupper pulleys of. the said pracket and crbss-fpiece and over the said post pulley, and a pulley secured to the other end of the said pulley rope and over which the said clothes line passes.

3. A clothes carrier comprising a bracket adapted to be mounted on a window frame having a centrally arranged arm provided with an opening, a bar slidably mounted through, the said opening, retaining means for the said bar, a cross-piecc at the outer free end of the saidbar, upper and lower pulleys journalcd at the ends of the said cross piece, a post pulley adapted to be carried by a post positioned outwardly of the window and bar, a retriever carried by the said cross-piece, upper and lower pulleys carried by the said bracket, a pulley rope secured at one end to the said retriever and passing over the said upper pulleys said bracket and cross-piece and over the said post pulley, a pulley secured to the pther end of the said pulley rope and over which the said clothes line passes, a pull core secured at one end to the said pulley rope and having its other end extending adjacent the said window, and adjustuicnt retaining means for the said bar carried by the said bracket.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

FRANK SZ. BUDAJI.

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